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Take It Back [*]

I'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flowI've got a habit of spittingQuicker lyrics you knowYou found me ripping the writtensOut of the pages they sit inAnd never once I get bittenBecause plagiarism is hiddenWhich I would sit on the rhythmPrisoner with a visionSigns of a label, but didn't listen to any criticismThought you knew but you didn'tSo perk your ears up and listenStudio is a systemAnd you could say that I'm drivenAnd now it's on to the next sagaWe drink the best lagerI never tried to win you overLike your stepfatherI do my own thing now, and get respect afterAnd I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get CarterFor four years I never had a place to stayBut it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweightAt sixteen years old, yeah I moved out of my homeI was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I chokedAnd went from sleeping at the subway stationTo sleeping with a movie star and adding to the populationNot my imagination, I don't wanna relaxWould it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax?I'll take it back now

Mmmm c'mon and take it back loveC'mon and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo

I take it back with the rhythm and bluesWith my rap pack I'll be singing the newsTrying to act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to schoolI'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting a loopBringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoesI give you the truth through the vocal boothStars burst out on the scene like an opal fruitThey try and take aim like Beckham when he goes to shootBut then again that's what they're supposed to doAnd I'm supposed to be calmI tattooed the lyrics onto my armWhispering everything that happens is from now onI'll be ready to start again at the end of the songStill their claiming that I handled it wrongBut then I never had an enemy, except for NMEBut I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever beWith only spectacles ahead of me and festival feesI'm healthier than a Dalmatian on PedigreeSinging for the massesRubber dinghy rapidsKeep this rapping a habitAnd keep on passioning magicI'm battling for respectI don't know if I'll have itThis songs from the heartCover the planetI'll take it back now

Mmmm c'mon and take it back loveC'mon and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo

Take it back nowNow I don't ever want to be perfectCause I'm a singer that youNever want to see shirtlessAnd I accept the fact that someone has to win worst-dressedTaking my first steps into the sceneGiving me focusPutting on a brave face, like Timothy DaltonConsidering a name changeThinking it was hopelessRhyming over recordingsAvoiding traditionCause every day some lyricsAnd a melody can be writtenNow absence can make your heart breakBut drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividlyI need to let my liver beAnd I say it againLiving life on the edgeWith a closed hand full of friendsIs good advice from a manWho took his life on the road with meAnd I hope to see him blowing up globallyCause that's how it's supposed to beI'm screaming out vocallyIt might seem totally impossibleAchieving life's dreamsBut, but I just write schemesI'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeansMadison Square Garden is where I might beBut more likelyYou'll find me in the backRoom of a dive bar with my matesHaving a pint with McDaidDiscussing records we madeAnd every single second knowingThat we'll never betrayThe way we were raisedRemembering our backgroundSat downThat's how we plan it outIt's time to take it back now

Mmmm c'mon and take it back loveC'mon and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo

Mmmm c'mon and take it back loveC'mon and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo